jroot

ooh that sounds so beautiful!!!
(beautiful picture as well)

Looking forward to hearing/seeing all about your gardens.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

Hello and WELCOME to GT!!!
Your place and gardens sound lovely. When you have a moment, would love to see photos!! :-)

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

Welcome! Your gardens sound lovely!

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

Thanks, guys. Much appreciated.

-- jroot

Hey, welcome to GT, jroot! You’ve got a lot of great ideas and even better execution!

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

Hi Jroot welcome to Gt. Looking forward to seeing your gardens. :-)

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Thanks for the “heads up” about the competition. .... and your vote of confidence. Wow! I’m elated.

-- jroot

jroot,
you mentioned on another post that your wife is an artist!!
What medium? What does she do? Do you have a blog or a site for her work?

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

She is a dry brush watercolour specialist, and is also working in oil. Both of these take a long time. We do not have a blog or site for her. Most of her work in the past few years has been commissions based on word of mouth, and from art shows. She is a member of the Guelph Creative Arts Association. It takes her a long time to paint one painting because of her style, and since nearly all her works have been sold and she has no large stock build-up, there is no need for a blog. Thanks for asking though.

Right now she is working on a large painting of some of my brugmansias. That has been for several months. I keep suggesting that she use larger brushes, but she likes her itsy bitsy small ones for detail.

-- jroot

Oh jroot I would love to see that painting when she is done … be nice if you could take a few photos for us.

Truly, I am in total awe of artists. Can’t draw anything to save my life (really tried, long story and most know that I really flunked elementaryand middle school art classes – LOL!!!) At the private school I worked at the art teacher was a fabulous artist in her own right. She did magnificient portrait work in oils. Over the years we became good friends and one year, as a gift, she had me take several photos of our children and she created a very large pencil sketch from the best photo. It is so life-like of our children at that time. It hangs with honor and much love on our prominent living room wall.

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

Maybe you have some pics of her work! Sounds really interesting!
My mother used to (and still does a little bit) paint both watercolor and oil! She also did enamel on copper: paintings and all sorts of things!

So, I would really appreciate a picture of some of her work, but if it is not possible, it will be my loss I am sure!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Well, Eklectic, the avator is painted by her. She gave me that portrait, so I feel that it is okay to show that one. The others are her property, and she keeps tight control of that. I’m sure you understand.

Anyway, here I am. This is a watercolour using a dry brush technique.

The photo doesn’t do it justice, unfortunately.

-- jroot

oh my goodness.
it looks like a photograph it is so real!!
Magnificent work.

I am in awe.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

Hey jroot: I posted this on my spot . Eventually, I will figure this blogging stuff out.

-- Sonya J

Hi jroot, I did the same as SonyaJ…so travel on over to my page for reply, thanks.
PlantBuddy.

-- PlantBuddy

I have loved checking out your projects! You’re a pretty amazing guy.

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Thanks. I appreciate the vote of confidence.

Nice fences you build. A good fence builds good neighbours.

The portrait disappeared. Here it is, again.

Photobucket has been doing some reorganizing. I’m not sure if it is for the better.

-- jroot

Your wife is extremely talented, please tell her so.

-- Robin, Massachusetts - "Live simply so others can simply live." M. Gandhi

Jroot, what ages/subjects did you teach?

-- Robin, Massachusetts - "Live simply so others can simply live." M. Gandhi

Actually, I taught ages 12, 13, 14 year olds. Lots of fun, – especially when the “hornymones” kicked in. LOL

I have a specialist qualifications in the teaching of the gifted students, and but also specialized in teaching math and drama. Computer studies was also an interest in which I took upgrade courses. Ying & Yang anyone?

My wife is a fine art specialist and graduate of an honours Fine Arts degree from the university of Toronto. Yes, indeed, she is very talented.

You should meet our son …. LOL

-- jroot

Your wife is VERY talented, and I too am in awe, as I cannot draw a proper stick figure, lol but I do have a VERY green thumb, so I am happy!

-- Jessica~ Oklahoma zone 7 “A genius always presents himself as a fool” ~Anon.

The German Potato Salad is very good. I like this recipe better than the dish you you buy at the Oktoberfest.

Thank you for checking out my recipe post.

Hugs
Brightest Blessings
LP

-- ~ Harm None ~

Congratulations on your two-year anniversary with Garden Tenders, Jroot. Your beautiful gardens, tropical blooms, recipes, beautiful photos and your willingness to share your knowledge with others all help to make GT a great place to share our gardening adventures. I always enjoy reading your posts and learning from you.

-- Robin, Massachusetts - "Live simply so others can simply live." M. Gandhi